[JPL] Kenny Washington

[Nou Dadoun]

Arggggh, that's what I get for assuming that KW would reasonably make the
jump to a microphone, I'll go stand in the corner - please disregard
non-sequitor anecdotes ... N

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Len Dobbin <lendobbin at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> DIFFERENT Kenny Washington!
>
> Len
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nou Dadoun" <nou.dadoun at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 1:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [JPL] Kenny Washington
>
>
>
> I've only recently heard about Kenny's singing but of course he's well
>> known
>> as an impeccable percussionist and knowledgeable discographer.  First met
>> him in about 1990 when we presented Johnny Griffin's quartet (Michael
>> Weiss/Dennis Irwin/KW) here in Vancouver, a buddy and I drove them down to
>> Seattle afterwards where JG and MW were catching a flight and DI/KW were
>> settling in Tommy Flanagan for a week at Jazz Alley.  Everybody was
>> playing
>> stump Kenny and we had a great time - incidentally JG mentioned that
>> during
>> their week at Jazz Alley, Lucky Thompson dropped in to say hello which was
>> quite a surprise.
>>
>> Said hello to KW again recently when he was here with Bill Charlap but I'm
>> keen to hear his vocalizing at some point, nobody's more immersed in the
>> music than Kenny is; I'll check it out, thanks for the link ... N
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 9:45 AM, TradeSecrets/Mancuso's <
>> TradeSecrets at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> Great to hear that others have heard & dig Kenny!!
>>>
>>> Important background info:
>>>
>>> The CD live at Anna's has pretty low production values and ALL the tracks
>>> save one have incorrect timings on them.
>>>
>>> Suggest you might use it to inform yourself, but not program on-air.
>>>
>>> "All Blues" is the only thing we and another KMHD presenter have ever
>>> played.
>>>
>>> Ciao,
>>>
>>> Jan
>>>
>>> Trade Secrets Consulting/KMHD
>>> Portland, OR
>>>
>>>
>>> Eric Jackson wrote:
>>>
>>> Two years ago when I was in San Francisco, my old friend, Melanie Berzon
>>> from KCSM told me that I had to see Kenny so I met up with Melanie and
>>> we caught a great set by Kenny with his band. I got a CD from him that
>>> night and then again later I got another. They were both by the Michael
>>> O'Neill Quintet featuring Kenny as the vocalist. This is Michael's
>>> website. http://www.mosax.com/index.htm Joe Locke is on one of those
>>> CDs. The CDs got a good response when I played them. Kenny has his own
>>> CD out. It's called Live At Anna's Jazz Island (That's the Berkley club
>>> where I heard him) Here is his website
>>> http://www.kennywashingtonvocalist.com/home.html
>>>
>>> Eric Jackson
>>> Mon - Thurs 8 pm - mid.
>>> 89.7 FM WGBH Boston
>>> www.wgbh.org/jazz
>>>
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